SOLUTION: how do you determine whether triangles are congruent? is there a specific formula?

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Question 1019384: how do you determine whether triangles are congruent? is there a specific formula?
Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
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The corresponding angles and sides are evaluated. What makes congruence is:
ASA=angle , the enclosed side, and angle are the same in corresponding triangles. They are congruent.
SSS
AAS
SAS
AAA are NOT always congruent and usually are not.
SSA are not, either.